"August" in seven languages
MeaningAugust
Spanish
agosto
/aˈgosto/
masc.inherited
French
août
/u/
masc.inherited
Also pronounced [ut]; Old French aoust.
Italian
agosto
/aˈgosto/
masc.inherited
Ferragosto (15 August) is from FĒRIAE AUGUSTĪ, the emperor's holidays.
Portuguese
agosto
/aˈgostu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
august
/ˈawgust/
masc.learned
Catalan
agost
/əˈgɔst/
masc.inherited
English
August
/ˈɔɡəst/
from Latin/French · Latin AUGUSTUS
English → ItalianAugustagostoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AUGUSTUM‘(month) of Augustus’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Named after the emperor Augustus. French wore it down to a single vowel, keeping a circumflex in memory of the lost s.
English relatives: August, august (majestic)
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In a sentence
- esEn agosto todo el mundo se va de vacaciones.
- frEn août, tout le monde part en vacances.
- itAd agosto vanno tutti in vacanza.
- ptEm agosto todo mundo sai de férias.
- roÎn august toată lumea pleacă în concediu.
- caA l'agost tothom se'n va de vacances.
- enIn August everyone goes on holiday.